How Philly’s young residents want to disrupt elections, education and the city (Photos)
Sam Katz, politician-turned-documentary-filmmaker, spoke in front of about 50 millennials at the State of Young Philly’s Great Millennial Mouth-off on Thursday after the workday, and told them, bluntly: You need to vote. If 35,000 of Philadelphia’s millennials vote in the upcoming 2015 mayoral race, he said, things would be a lot different.
“You will decide who the next mayor is,” Katz told the crowd at the ImpactHub at 4th and Thompson streets, a coworking space by day. “You won’t … But if you do, the pace of change will be accelerated.”
Thursday night’s event, sponsored by Young Involved Philly and The Philadelphia Citizen, was about those “ifs.” Over beer and snacks, participants were asked to think of ways to make a better Philadelphia through education, city planning and economic growth and write their ideas on stickers. And that’s the best way to tell this story, frankly — so here’s how some of Philadelphia’s young people want to see the city change:
Education
City planning
Economic growth
‘Regular people’ over Wall Street: How the Working Families Party could shake up Philly City Hall
Why U.S. senators will be eating Philly’s Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews during the impeachment trial
16 Philly locations in the new trailer for Jason Segel’s AMC series
VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr. at Girard College in Philadelphia, 1965
There’s a cool free light show inside the Ritz-Carlton’s historic dome
She was told not to open a Black-owned bookstore in Fishtown. She’s doing it anyway.
RIP Amtrak flippy board: Commemorate the anniversary of 30th Street’s loss with a modern solution
‘We’re not being heard’: Black Trump supporters say the president wins on jobs and economy
Supervised injection at Prevention Point? Ahead of major ruling, Safehouse lacks location and funding
Once incarcerated, this Philly area man is opening the barber school of his dreams — so others can chase theirs
Dmitri’s is back serving Greek favorites in Northern Liberties
Face scanners are coming to PHL Airport next week
‘Pronounce Conshohocken’: Philly-area cast members dish on new Netflix reality show
Why Booker dropped out: Struggling with financial resources, he ‘failed to connect’
MLK Day in Philly: Your best options for giving back on the national day of service
This North Philly rec center shut down under Mayor Nutter. Neighbors finally got it reopened.
Two famous Latina chefs are raising money for Puerto Rico with Philly pop-up dinners
Jay Ajayi zeroes out in esports debut, Philly cheers on the Super Bowl champ anyway
An ex-Philly cop is suing Meek Mill, Jay-Z and Amazon for a few seconds on screen
